Those innocent eyes stared at me. I took her in my arms and sang her a lullaby. She couldn’t sleep though. A million questions ran through her mind, but I knew the one that didn’t let her sleep. She must never know about her mother’s unfaithful nature or the fact that she isn’t my child.

Failure would mean no job and a bleak future for his family. This was his last paper and he only had to write down a simple formula to pass. Unfortunately, he was unprepared for just that question. The weight of expectation was too much to bear as sweat poured down his face at 9.8 m/s2.

Heavenly bars. Every time he had a bite of chocolate, his mind would travel.

Bars of freedom...

The lovely, sweet combination of cocoa, milk and sugar… once that feeling receded, and he realised he was the only monkey who could walk on fire, he had to do it for the audience – all for that sinful bar of chocolate.